Compex Technologies WPE54 manual AP/Gateway mode only

Chapter 4 Common Configuration

The Beacon Interval is the amount of time between beacon transmissions. A beacon is a guidance signal sent by the access point to announce its presence to other access points. It also sends information, such as timestamp, SSID, and other parameters regarding the access point to other access points that are within the specified range. The access point needs the beacon interval to know when to receive the beacon from the other access point.

The Data Beacon Rate (DTIM) determines how often the beacon contains a delivery traffic indication message (DTIM). The DTIM tells power-save client devices that a packet is waiting for them. If the beacon period is set at 100, its default setting, and the data beacon rate is set at 1, its default setting, then the access point sends a beacon containing a DTIM every 100 Kμsecs. One Kμsec equals 1,024 microseconds.

The RTS/CTS Threshold value determines the minimum size of a packet in bytes that would trigger the RTS/CTS mechanism.

The Frag Threshold value indicates the maximum size that a packet can reach without being fragmented. This value ranges from 256 to 2346 bytes.

The Transmit Power drop-down list lets you pick from a range of transmission power.

Enabling Radio Off When Ethernet No Link option allows your AP to turn off the radio signal so that no wireless clients can connect to it. This might occur when your

This value extends from 256 to 2346 bytes, where a value of 0 indicates that all the packets should be transmitted using RTS.

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